WEST Ham are planning a #3million swoop for Coventry defender Gary Breen, according to the Daily Mail.

Sky Blues boss Gordon Strachan turned down a similar approach last season, but with a year to run on Breen's contract he may be forced to sell.

Breen himself has pledged himself to Coventry's promotion cause, but the promise of immediate Premiership football could change his mind - especially after the Republic of Ireland international was not given the captain's armband for the new season.